Here here, what an awesome letter. I found the writer to be both eloquent and compelling. Can someone (Dave?) tell us if perhaps something similar, but worded relevant to our government, could be forwarded to the appropriate ministers and members of parliament? I feel this should be read and disseminated as far and wide as possible as it outlines a great many compelling reasons to use OSS in government deployments.
David Lane wrote: >...and utterly delightful verbal lashing ever dealt in my experience >(typos by the translator notwithstanding). I laughed, my grin spread >with each body-blow and uppercut. > >Context (from a posting on O'Reilly.com via slashdot): >"An amazing document, written by Dr. Edgar David >Villanueva Nu�ez, Congressman of the Republica of Per�, to the General >Manager of Microsoft, Per�, about the "Free Software in Public >Administration" bill, which would require all Per�vian government >offices to use free software," referring to a letter of complaint from >Microsoft... > >http://www.gnu.org.pe/resmseng.html > >Read, discuss, enjoy. Cheers, > >Dave > >...that growing dust cloud to the north is the first signs of an >empire crumbling. Don't worry, it won't harm us - in addition to >nice sunsets, we'll also have stable, secure, open computing - and >a themeable desktop... >
